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Food on Wheels

We visited New York City over the Fourth of July weekend. If I can't go on safari in San Francisco, New York City is the next best place. The sights and sounds of the city are amazing. We took a stroll through Midtown Manhattan on the evening of our arrival.

I was first greeted by memories of childhood--Mister Softee! This is the very same ice cream truck that used to cruise my block when I was a kid. I loveMister Softee soft serve cones. I can still remember the jingle that the truck used to place to announce its arrival. I'm so excited that they are still in business.

We saw this free-wheeling cartoon tricyclist in the window of a local school.

Moving on, we saw another ice cream truck. Clearly, it used to be Mister Softee but fell from grace and is now a no-name truck.

Food on wheels seemed to be a theme for this particular safari. We ran into this cupcake truck (cupcakestop.com) near Union Square. They've been in business for just about a month.

Graffiti in New York seems to be just as creative as that in San Francisco. This ensemble seemed to be pointing the way to a good breakfast.

Good breakfast, indeed... Authentic bagels are difficult to come by in San Francisco. We made a pilgrimage to Murray's Bagels on 8th Ave. and 22nd St. in Chelsea to get our fix while we were in town. Murray's serves up the perfect crispy on the outside, dense on the inside, boiled-then- baked variety.